An e-government framework for assessing readiness for public sector e-procurement in a lower-middle income country

ABSTRACT

Governments globally are leveraging information and communication technology (ICT) growth towards improving the quality of public procurement services for socio-economic development. However, the extent of its application differs across nations. Notwithstanding the extant theoretical and empirical literature on IT for development, knowledge on how to assess readiness for adopting a full e-procurement system in the public sector of lower and lower-middle income countries (LMICs) begs for understanding. With the narrative of Ghana, we address this gap by drawing on the institutional and economic theory and the United Nations E-Government Development Index towards a holistic framework beyond the dyad of linear website functionalities and internet focus of prior e-government adoption models. Elite interviews gathered from multiple cases from Ghana’s public sector reveals the key readiness determinants for a full public sector e-procurement system. This study has significant implications for shaping the process-oriented management of government e-procurement projects towards socio-economic development in LMICs amid their complex institutional and socio-technical environments.     

Beyond the privacy paradox: The moderating effect of online privacy concerns on online service use behavior

In the digital information era, dealing with privacy issues is problematic in related research since online activities have become an inevitable trend. Following the privacy paradox, which occurs when online services are increasingly accepted or used despite raising the level of privacy concerns of individuals, there is no need to alleviate individual privacy concerns regarding online services. Accordingly, this study aims to empirically analyze the effect of online privacy concerns, when interacting with individual innovativeness, on individual online service use behavior. For the empirical analysis, a Heckman two-step analysis is performed using South Korean data from the 2019 Korea Media Panel Survey conducted by the Korea Information Society Development Institute. The results provide evidence in contradiction of the privacy paradox. Specifically, the main findings of this study are as follows. First, use of online services and privacy concerns are not a contradictory phenomenon both in principle and behavior but can act as a negative influence or constraint. Second, individuals with high levels of innovativeness actively use online services owing to differences in their acceptance and use of innovation. Third, as online activities become more common, privacy concerns are likely to affect the level of online service use by interacting with other personality traits. As a result, privacy concerns are more likely to act as an influencing variable that moderates the degree or intensity of an individual's use of an online service rather than an independent variable for the use of an online service. The impact of privacy concerns of individuals on the use of online services identified in this study suggests there is a need for an adequate governing mechanism for privacy protection to realize service provision through e-government.     

基于电子政务的术语标准化研究

数据的共享机制是电子政务系统建设的基础,基于术语标准化的元数据标准化和数据元标准化数据共享机制,是电子政务建设有效解决信息共享的基本方法。     

Secure Socket Layer协议在电子政务系统安全建设中的应用

针对目前日益突出的电子政务安全问题,在Secure Socket Layer协议的基础上,对我国电子政务的安全问题进行探讨,并针对目前政府机构信息化建设中的数据安全传输问题提出几点改进工作方案。     

基于新型电子印章的公文交换方案

为实现电子公文和信息交换规范管理,必须使用电子签名和电子印章以保障电子公文的不可抵赖性,同时还需要控制和跟踪电子公文的流通过程。该文提出利用数字水印结合授权数字签名算法实现电子文档的访问控制机制,能有效满足现有电子政务有关规范的需要。     

电子政务安全及其解决方案

电子政务是基于Web的计算机技术的应用热点,是未来政府办公发展的趋势,但是还存在着很多问题需要解决。讨论了电子政务的概念、结构和相关技术,分析了电子政务所面临的安全威胁,提出了相应的解决方案。特别论述了我国目前电子政务中出现的一些安全问题并结合实际提出的一些实际建议。     

基于ECDLP数字签名在电子政务中的应用

电子政务是现代政府办公的理想状态,使用方便,同时能大大提高政府办公效率。但是当今世界电子政务运用并不广泛,其原因就是在于电子政务的安全性,至今没有一个较为合理的安全方案。以往的数字签名多采用RSA算法,随着分解大整数方法的进步及完善、计算机速度的提高以及计算机网络的发展,RSA算法已无法保证系统安全性,提出一种适于电子政务的数字签名方案,从安全性、执行速度等方面论证了该方案的可行性。     

MPLS/BGP VPN在云南电子政务网中的应用

该文首先介绍了目前流行的MPLS/BGP VPN技术,在深入了解MPLS/BGP VPN技术的基础上,结合云南省电子政务网的特点,以几个专网为例,介绍了MPLS/BGP-VPN技术在云南省电子政务网上的应用。     

基于APP应用的电子政务服务创新与建构研究

经济全球化和信息化推动政府对社会治理范式的变迁,也为政府业务流程再造提出了挑战。电子政务APP应用作为一个新兴的服务应用平台,将成为打造服务型政府、责任型政府的重要途径,为公共服务和信息发布构建新的平台,并成为政府回应性的重要渠道,为促进政府体制改革、提高行政效率、增强公众的政治参与度提供有效措施。     

电子政务安全体系结构研究与设计

信息安全问题是电子政务建设和发展过程中亟需解决的问题。电子政务安全体系结构的构建是解决电子政务安全问题的重要手段。本文首先分析了电子政务系统面临的安全风险,其次设计了基于分域防护思想的电子政务安全体系结构,最后分析了电子政务系统的安全措施。